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The Tigers hired Chris Fetter as their pitching coach under new manager A.J. Hinch, who had this to say about the hire:
?For us to be good, and for us to get where we want to get to and where Al has directed the organization, we got to get the pitching right,? Hinch said Friday. ?We got a lot better today.?
What is your impression of the Tigers? new pitching coach?
 
Mickey Tettleton knows a lot about plate discipline and power. A catcher/DH for four teams from 1984-1997, the sweet-swinging switch-hitter logged a 16.5% walk rate and banged out 245 home runs. His wRC+ over that 14-year period was a robust, and somewhat under the radar, 122.

A player that Tettleton tutored in the Cape Cod League possesses similar attributes, as well as a higher ceiling.

?I didn?t get a chance to work with him much, but I think Spencer Torkelson is going to be an absolute star,? Tettleton said of the first-overall pick in this summer?s draft. ?He was in Chatham for about two or three weeks before he went with Team USA, so I had a chance to kind of pick his brain a little bit.
He picked mine as well. More than anything, he?s a little bit? no, not a little bit; he?s a lot ahead of his time as far as what he?s trying to do in an at bat.
That kid has a chance to have a long, long career. He is legitimately a big-league hitter.?

I asked Tettleton if Torkelson ? already the consensus top hitting prospect in the Tigers system ? reminds him of anybody he played with.

?Power-wise, I?d have to go back to Dean Palmer,? responded Tettleton. ?I don?t know if you?ve been to Chatham, but you?d watch [Torkelson] take batting practice, and you?d think, ?Man, this is a fly ball,? and it would end up three quarters of the way up in the trees. He?s just got tremendous raw power.
He?s a very intelligent college hitter [Arizona State] that just happens to have a world of talent swinging the bat.?

The Palmer comp is even more eye-opening when you consider an opinion Tettleton had shared with me a few minutes earlier. When I suggested that Cecil Fielder must have had the most-impressive power among his former teammates, Tettleton said it actually wasn?t. It was Palmer.

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November 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1935: Pitcher Bob Gibson is born in Omaha, Nebraska. Gibson will make his major league debut in 1959, marking the start of a 17-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals and an election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

1937: St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

1950: The Associated Press chooses Philadelphia Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer as Manager of the Year.

1950: The BBWAA name Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves as the National League Rookie of the Year. At 31 years, 2 months, 18 days of age, Jethroe becomes the oldest rookie to win the award. He has been one of the best Negro Leagues players of all time.

1950: After twenty-one years with the club, shortstop and future Hall of Famer Luke Appling is released by the Chicago White Sox allowing him to become the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League. Appling will be replaced at shortstop by Venezuelan rookie Chico Carrasquel.

1951: The Detroit Tigers released Hank Borowy.
1951: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Keller.

1953: Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, that baseball is a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws. The ruling is made in a case involving New York Yankees minor leaguer George Toolson, who refused to move from Triple-A to Double-A.

1960: In an extremely close vote (225 points to 222), Roger Maris beats Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle for the AL MVP.

1962: Tigers get HRs from Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Dick McAuliffe and 12 strikeouts by Jim Bunning in an 8-1 exhibition win at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium.
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1976: The Oakland Athletics give future Hall of Famer Billy Williams his unconditional release, ending his 18-year major league career. Williams, who spent all but two seasons with the Chicago Cubs, retires with 426 home runs, 1,475 RBI, 2,711 hits, and a .290 batting average.

1982: Robin Yount, who hit .331 for the Milwaukee Brewers and led the American League in hits (210), doubles (46), and slugging percentage (.578), is a unanimous choice as AL Most Valuable Player.

1984: The Detroit Tigers signed Paul Gibson as a free agent.

1987: Mike Heath of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Bill Madlock of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Frank Tanana of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Storm Davis as a free agent.

1998: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter announces that he is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. The fatal disease, known medically as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, attacks the nerves in the spinal cord and the brain and leads to a loss of motor skills. Hunter will succumb to the disease less than a year later.

2000: Tigers decide not to pursue Ichiro Suzuki: "He's not exactly a fit for us." signed, Huge Imbecile Randy Smith GM.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Douglass as a free agent.

2009: Nate Bump of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Brent Clevlen of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Ruddy Lugo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Brandon Lyon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Macay McBride of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Jason Waddell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: The winners of the 2010 American League Gold Glove Awards are announced. Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki wins his 10th Gold Glove in as many years, while first-time winners are 2B Robinson Cano of the Yankees, and OF Carl Crawford of Tampa Bay and Franklin Gutierrez of Seattle.
Suzuki ties legendary Tigers Rightfielder Al Kaline and centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for the most Gold Gloves by an AL flyhawk.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Quintin Berry as a free agent.

2015: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Guido Knudson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2016: Michael Fulmer named MLBPA's AL Outstanding Rookie.
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2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Cisnero as a free agent.
2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Pete Kozma as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_McGarr
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgarji01.shtml
Jim McGarr 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Priddy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/priddje01.shtml
Jerry Priddy 1950-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Bruton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml
Billy Bruton 1961-1964.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Whitey_Herzog
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml
Whitey Herzog 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenal01.shtml
Al Greene 1979.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gratebe01.shtml
Beiker Graterol 1999.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joel_Zumaya
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zumayjo01.shtml
Joel Zumaya 2006-2010.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Haney
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haneyfr01.shtml
Fred Haney 1922-1925.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

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